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Some of my Imaginisce projects and more!

First off...I thought I'd share with you some Imaginisce projects I've been meaning to post.

This first one is a scrapbook layout I did of my cousin and his boys.  My cousin is getting his pilot's licence, so I know sharing his passion with his children is important to him.  I took this photo of my layout a while ago, and since then I've put it in a frame so I can send it to them.

 

Supplies: Patterned Paper - Imaginisce; Letters - Jillibean Soup; Bling - Prima; Journaling card - Elle's Studio; Rub-on - Glitz; Adhesive - GlueArts, Beacons 3 in 1; Felt; Thread; Label Tape

 

 

And here's a mini book I made with a mixture of zoo pictures...some of them from when my brother and I were kids!

 Supplies: All Imaginisce products...including using some of the packaging I up-cycled for tags; Cricut; Adhesive - GlueArts

 

 

And lastly, here's a card I made...I love that stamp, it says "friends for life".  :)

  

Supplies: Patterned Paper, Flowers, Brad - Imaginisce; Card Stock - Coredinations; Embossing Plate - Cuttlebug; Stamp - Unity; Bling - Basic Grey; Thread; Adhesive - GlueArts; Ink - Cat Eyes

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 Secondly....I'm featured on Debby's Dare today for the first day of her 12 Days of Home For The Holidays series, so pop on over and say "hi"!  (A little birdy told me there are some giveaways going on over there right now so don't dilly-dally!)

 

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Lastly...stop by When Creativity Knocks and check out their holiday cards using rick-rack. 

  

Sponsors: Provo Craft, Imaginisce, GlueArts

Friday's Fall Finds From Around The Web

Love these cute treat bags by Elle's Studio!

 

 

Jodie's kitchen towels are adorable...and could totally be adapted for other seasons or decor.

 

 

I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these pumpkins Amy Powers made:

 

 

Here's a cute fall banner Katie Watson made, she has a tutorial here:

 

Erin McGee makes me want to refresh my knitting skills on her When Creativity Knocks video...great technique that I can see myself adapting to my style!

Web Finds

Hopping around from site to site I've found these terrific things...

Madebyjulene Paper Cuts - Fabulous works of art....I want them all!!  I don't know how she cuts all of these by hand...amazing! 

 

Ambrosia Girl - Happy Tickets (She's giving away a download for you to print them yourself!)

 

On poppytalk - The Autumn Colour Flickr pool...LOVE!

When Creativity Knocks shows how to make a flower finger pin cushion...handy for those of us that sew.

 

Up Up, The Blog has some great origami flowers up.  I think I need to make some of those!

 

What Katy Did - awesome bag she made with her Yudu... gorgeous!

 

My Blogging Journey

I started blogging August 28, 2005.  -Hard to believe it's been that long.  Almost 4 years..wow!

I decided to start blogging so I could keep a log of my projects I was working on.  After all, when a crafty geek wants to record what's she's working on how else would she do it?  

Since then, I've come to realize that: 

• it's pretty impossible (at least for me) to truly write down type out EVERYTHING I create
• I've met some REALLY cool people through my blog  (I'm still shocked when I meet people in real life & they tell me they read my blog...it's like meeting instant friends.)
• blogging is more fun than I thought it would be
• Keeping in touch with family & friends is an added benefit
• it's nice to have a collection of photos & stories over the years
• reading & following other peoples blogs is fun...who needs books anymore, LOL! (Kidding!  I still love to read books, I just don't devote as much time to it anymore.)
• I love helping people...wither it's telling them about new products or helping them to use the ones they have.  (So keep commenting & emailing me your Yudu questions.)
• I actually like writing....or maybe talking.  -Are they the same?  Different?

Thank you KnitPurlGurl for challenging us to tell our blogging stories.

Blog Hop '09

I wanted to go to BlogHer this year, but since I didn't know how well I'd be doing post spinal surgery I decided not to go....now I kinda wish I would have just got the ticket since I'm doing so well.  But such is life!  So instead, I'm making lemonade and hooking up with the wonderful bloggers at the Blog Hop '09.  

Blog Hop '09 should be REALLY fun...meet new blogger & win prizes.  Hey, this may be even better than going to BlogHer since I can do it in my PJ's if I want to!

Follow Blog Hop '09 on Twitter...and of course you can follow me too!